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Ahh I see! That makes sense. So, if I'm understanding you correctly, you are saying that people inspire people, everyone inspires everyone. Despite reproductive purposes, women and men inspire each other, though not because of their sex necessarily.

I think our fundamental purpose is to survive until we die more than reproduction. Same goes for any other animal, by the way. I know it sounds cynical but I don' t (surprisingly) mean it that way: we fill our lives with things to make sure that we are happy-ish enough that we want to keep going for as long as we can. That means goals, passions, social interactions, ambitions, whatever you can think of. I think reproduction is mid way between those goals etc... and purpose of life, because it can' t be as trivial as a hobby, but I also don' t think it' s as important as self-preservation and survival.

That doesn't sound cynical at all, that's actually a kind of comforting thought. I'd like to believe that it's the case.